Animal-feeding appliance.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904- B. BAUGHMAN.

ANIMAL FEEDING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT QFFICE.

ANIMAL-FEEDING APPLIANCE.

srnerrrcnrroN armin part of Letters Patent No. 769,205, dated September 6, 1904.

' l Application filed December 29, 1903. Serial No. 187,060- (No model.)

To all whom it pea/y concern.-

Be it knownlthat I, ,BENJAMIN BAUGHMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Rey nolds, in the county of Jefferson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Feeding Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to stock-feeding appliances,and more particularly to an appliance for feeding swine; and it consists of certain novel features of combination and construction of parts, the preferred form whereof will be hereinafter, clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The prime object Of-my invention, among others, is to provide means for enabling the food to be placed within thetrough or receptacle and at the same time prevent the ani-,

male from having access to such receptacle until after the attendant has completely prepared the food in readiness for them.

Afurther object is to enable the receptacle or trough to be readily cleansed from any accumulation of uneaten or inedible food, as will be readily understood from the following specification.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a Which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my invention complete ready for use. Fig. 2 is part of this application, and in a vertical section of my device, showing the swinging gate or door in a closed position. Fig. 3 1s a s1m1lar v ew to that presented n Fig. 2, showing the swinging door orv gate moved inward at its lower end to prevent the swine from having access to the trough or food-receptacle and in position to permit the attendant to place the foodin readiness for Fig. 2 on line 4. 4..

Referrlng to the deta ls of my inventlon and cooperating accessories, numerals Wlll be em- Fig.4 is a horizontal section of ployed, the same numeral applying to a similar part throughout the several views.

by the numeral 3, the lower end thereof is.

left free to move inward, as shown in Fig. 3,

whereby the food receptacle or trough 4: will be covered by the gateway and the swine prevented from having access to the food until the attendant has placed the food in readiness.

It is obvious that the trough section or food-receptacle 4 may be made any desired length, preferably coincident with the length of the gate 2, suitable upright divisional men1- 'bers 5 being secured to the inner side of the gateway 2 and properly reinforced by the cross-bars 6, whereby each animal will be separated and prevented from disturbing its neighbor.

being understood that said walls may be increased innumber proportionately to the extent of the gate itself and the length ofthe trough 4..

It becomes desirable to provide means which In the present instance I have shown the inner side of the gateway as provided with three of the partition-walls 5, it

will enable the attendant to readily and easily control the movement of the gate 2, and it is obvious that said gateway may be pushed in-' ward at its lower end, as by the hand of the operator, and any-suitable button or detent or a stick of suitable size may be disposed with one end in the trough-section and the other end against the gateway, so as to hold it in an inclined'onopen position. This plan of course will be the-simplest way to secure the gateway that it-may be held in an open position', though I prefer in most instances to employ the controlling nieanswhich I have illusr trated in Figs. 1 and 2'and *3and comprising the controlling-lever 7, having the auxiliary or detent-controlling lever 8, adapted to move the locking-detent into or out of engagement with the rack 9, secured at a proper point upon the wall of the building or the fence immediately above the gateway. Said lever 7 is provided with the downwardly and inwardly directed extension or arm 10, said arm fitting between the guideways or cars 11, said ears having the slotted openings 12 to receive a journal or lug 13 upon the lower end of the arm and to compensate for change of position of the end of the arm relative to the movement of the door. I

It will be understood that the end of the arm 10 is adapted to bear directly against the body portion 1a of the plate forming the cars 11, so as to reduce friction to a minimum point, and it therefore follows that by drawing downward upon the lever 7 the gate 2 is swung inward at its lower end, it requiring but a very small amount of force to open or close the gate, as will be obvious by reference to Figs. 2 and 3. Inasmuch as the lugs or journals 13 fit within the slotted openings 12, it follows that the arm 10 will reliably open or close the gate, thoughit will be understood that gravity will assist in the closing thereof, inasmuch as the gateway 2 normally occupies a vertical position when the controlling-detent 15 is released from engagement with one of the teeth upon the rack-bar 9.

The parts of my invention may be very cheaply manufactured and readily assembled each in its respective operative position, and while Ihave described the preferred combination and construction of parts I desire to comprehend in this application all such substantialequivalents and substitutes as may be considered as falling fairly within the scope and purview of my invention.

It is further obvious that when the gateway is moved inward at its lower end to occupy the position illustrated in Fig. 3 the animals will be prevented from having access to the troughsec'tion, 'thus placing the trough in position to be cleansed by the attendant. and filled with food without any annoyance from the animals upon the other side of the gateway, and when the food is in readiness the lever 7 is grasped by the attendant and the detent 15 disengaged from one of the teeth upon the rack-bar 9 and the gates allowed to assume a vertical position, the said detent again entering between two of the teeth upon the rack-bar, and there by locking the gate in a closed position,-and

. thus preventing an animal on the outside from entering through the gateway or over the trough-section 4. At times it is desirable to prevent the larger swine from having access to the food and at the same time permit the smaller animal or pigs to reach the food, and to accomplish this result the gate 2 is only partially closed after the food has been placed in the trough, the employment of the rackbar and controlling-lever affording a means of properly adjusting the gate as desired. It is also obvious that the gate 2 may be elevated to orabove a horizontal position, and thus providing a means of ingress to or egress from the pen or inclosure, obviating the necessity of anadditional opening for such purpose, and, again, the gate may be so adjusted by means of the rack-bar and the levers as to afford a means of grading or separating the animals, the door being elevated only sufficiently to allow the smaller animals to pass in or out of the inclosure, as desired.

While in many instances the controllinglever 7 and its accessories and its accompanying rack-bar may be wholly dispensed with and reliance placed upon a simple form of latch or locking-detent to hold the gateway in an inclined position, yet I reserve the right to employ in practice either form of construction which I may find most desiral le.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a suitablefecdingtrough or food-receptacle located in line with the wall of an inclosure, of a gate hinged at its upper edge to an adjacent part of said wall,

a plurality of partitions secured to the inner side of said gate, a rack secured to the wall adjacent to the upper edge of said gate, a controlling-lever pivotally secured to said rack, a detent and lever therefor carried by said controlling-lever, and an arm 10 also carried by said controllinglever, the free end of which bears against the gate, whereby when said controlling-lever is operated, the gate will be opened or closed, as set forth.

2. In a controlling device for swinging elosures or gates, the combination with the gate and support therefor, of a controlling-lever, a rack carried by said support, to which said controlling-lever is pivotall y secured, a detent and controlling-lever therefor, an arm carried by said controlling-lever, slotted ears secured to the gate between which the free end of said arm takes, and a journal carried by the free end of said arm, the ends thereof intersecting said slots, whereby when said lever is moved, the gate will be opened or closed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN BAUGH M AN.

Witnesses:

JOEL T. BENNETT, PERSON BINGHAM. 

